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Late night went live again this week for the second round of Democratic debates.
While guesting onLate Night With Seth Meyers,John Oliversaid it was a bad idea.
If you go too old, thats a play for young heartthrob Pete Buttigieg.
But even guests turned out bravura performances on late night this week.
Here are the five best:
5.
The heartbreak, the longing!
You really believe 10-ish-year-old Maude is an ancient cat.
Tituss Burgess Express Distress
Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohenis a fraught show.
Its Cohens job to ask stars to divulge juicy gossip.
Its stars jobs to deflect those requests as charmingly as possible.
Cohen has to ask, even if he thinks he wont get a response.
Well, Tituss Burgess wasnt having it on Sunday.
When asked how working with Eddie Murphy went, Burgess had nothing bad to say.
This was despite Cohens note that Murphy hasnt always been a big supporter of the gays.
Burgess mouthed something to his team, and latertook it to the gram.
This was a platonic ideal of talk-show-guest behavior.
But more importantly, Gilpins got the weirdest impression Ive seen in recent memory.
Gilpin crafted an Ella FitzgeraldLouis Armstrong duet impression when she was an extremely high 17-year-old.
I Did It Again.
This is now the weirdest thing about that song, even weirder than theTitanicreference in the music video.
Then he started throwing shapes?
Sometimes you need someone to take the piss out of a bit to give it new life.
Seth Meyerss Live Postdebate Closer Look
Seth Meyers was extremely loosey-goosey on his live postdebate show.
The Closer Look segment felt thrown together in the best way.
His vibe reminded me of Dean Martin, making a referendum on the jokes as he read them.
Nobody can make reading cue cards lookfunlike Seth Meyers.
But most importantly, Meyers asked the question of the year: Is Marianne Williamson jazz?
